Improvement in twine-holders



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Twine-Holder.

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JNrEEn STATES JONATHAN HILL, OF STANHOPE, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN TWINE-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 161,683, dated April 6, 1875;

January 30, 1875.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JONATHAN HILL, of Stanhope, in the county of Sussex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Twine-Holder, of which the following is a specification:

The invention will first be fully described, and then pointed out in the claims.

Figure l is a plan view of my improved twine-holder, with some parts shown in section; and Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the twine-box, containing the ball B, from which the twine is passed along the hollow axle 0, out through the side, and around the drum D, and thence to the guideeye E in the ceiling, from which it is to be suspended over the counter, passing also through the guide-eye F of the trip-lever Gr, so that when it is pulled off the ball the tension will lift the lever, and, by swinging the axle-support N, shift the drum out of gear with the regulating device H I, which is intended to act when the recoil takes place to slow the action of the spring. The spring is coiled in the drum J, from which a bend, L, extends around the axle G of drum D, so that when the twine is pulled off from drum D it will wind up the spring, to turn drum D back to wind on the slack again.

The spring might be in the drum D; but it would require a more extensive spring than is application filed desirable to obtain the requisite number of revolutions of drum D than is needful in this arrangement.

A weight and cord might be used instead of the spring, if preferred, the cord being coiled around the axle O. The regulator may, of course, be dispensed with; but the operation is better with it.

WVhen the coils have all drawn off from drum D it will stop, so as not to wind the twine back too far when the recoil takes place, and the rest of the twine pulled off will run through it; The extent to which the twine will be taken back will be governed by the length coiled on the drum.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination of ball-box A, hollow axle G, and drum D, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with spring-drum D, of trip-lever G, having eye F, the swinging axlesupport N, and the regulator H I, as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination of the drum D, hollow spindle G, spring-drum J, and belt L, substantially as specified.

JONATHAN HILL. Witnesses:

JAs. W. CAMPBELL, GEORGE MILLS. 

